Looked something like this in the starter. Not the best picture. When I turn off the stir plate, it settles at the bottom in matter of seconds. Never seen anything like this before.
I am using wlp002 for the first time to make a pumpkin beer. When I poured the yeast off of the vial, the yeast cake was very non soluble. It's appearance was like that throughout the cycle of its 1 liter starter. By the way, I started the yeast in a 1 liter batch. Now the starter finished...
It's been at 1.030 for last 5 days. It's not fermenting any more. Maintained a temp of 69deg during fermentation. If re-pitching does help, should I live with what I have. The beer still has a sweet taste to it. Not really happy about that.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciateed. Made a 12 gallon batch of amber ale with an OG OF 1.067. I used wlp001 that I collected and saved from December last year. Started the yeast on a stir plate the night before and seemed fine as it took off pretty well. Added oxygen to the wort after...